Cronin Appointed to Wheat Commission

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: April 18, 2016

Media Contact: Jody Heemstra, 605.773.4073

Cronin Appointed to Wheat Commission

PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed Tregg Cronin of Gettysburg to the South Dakota Wheat Utilization Research and Marketing Development Commission. Cronin fills the vacant East River position resulting from the retirement of Darrel Davis, Ipswich.

Cronin has worked in many areas of the agriculture industry including as a commodity broker, grain buyer and in elevator operations. He is active with his family’s diversified crop and livestock operation.

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